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PORTRAYED IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS

Dong-ju.

Stop!

Stop that right now!

Nok-du.

I will take Dong-ju.

These punks...

seem to know you.

That is why

it will be safe for her to leave with me.

Cut the crap and get out of my way.

Unless you want to die.

If I leave, Dong-ju will die.

Is that what you want?

What is going on?

What...

Kill the widows!

Capture the kisaengs alive!

Let us go!

Over there! Let us go!

My gosh, ladies.

I want you to get lost!

Go!

My goodness.

I would appreciate it if you guys left.

Goodness.

I threw it by accident.

No.

Come here!

Go! Run!

You bitch!

Hwa-su!

Madam...

Are you okay?

You should go to the widow village.

You are okay now.

Dong-ju.

I will bring a doctor.

My goodness.

Oh, gosh.

I caught you.

What is going on? My goodness.

This place is a complete mess.

Can you take her for a moment?

You will get hurt, so wait over there.

He is so drunk.

You will get hurt. Leave it to me.

No way. I will fight them.

This old man must be too drunk. He cannot think properly.

My gosh.

Watch your head!

Go get him!

My goodness.

I am dizzy now that I have used some strength.

By the way, where is Nok...

Where is Nok-sun?

Nok-sun?

Get up, Mal-nyeon.

These women are very brave.

Okay then.

Whom should I fight first?

Me.

What? Is he here alone?

Start with me first.

Who is this jerk?

My goodness, look at this mess.

Are you okay?

Thank you for helping us.

-But-- -You seem very familiar.

My goodness, brother...

Sister!

Did you get caught?

Did they find out you pretended to be a woman?

He just got caught because of you. You are such a fool.

Aeng-du, stop.

Even so, how could you beat him up like this?

You are so mean! You are one scary woman!

My goodness. Aeng-du.

Come this way.

You are Lady Kim.

Are you not?

No way.

That cannot be.

A man?

Lady Kim cannot be a man! My...

So you are a man who pretended to be a woman?

Unbelievable. We even bathed together.

But does he not look like the man who trespassed our village last time?

Why did you disguise yourself as a woman and approach us?

My family and I lived on an island, and we were attacked there.

I needed to know why they wanted us dead.

I apologize for the trouble I have caused.

Nok-du!

Nok-du!

I am sorry.

You went through the trouble because of me.

I thought you were dead.

I was so worried you might be dead.

Why would I be dead?

Look at me.

I am...

Nok-du.

-My goodness. -Nok-du!

His Majesty will not be able to find anything in the village.

Everything burned in the fire.

And the surviving widows all ran away.

She disappeared without a word

while I went to get medicine?

I apologize. I should have gotten there earlier.

No.

I was the one who said neither of us should be seen.

Dan-ho.

About that guy...

I cannot let him live anymore.

I understand. I will find and kill him.

Before you do,

there is one more thing we need to take care of.

If you keep going this way,

you will be able to reach the ferry without being seen.

Once you get there, you will need to move individually.

We have nowhere to go.

The bandits are all dead.

And we can always build a new village.

So do not tell us to leave.

You need to go as far as you can.

We will escort the widows.

I wanted to help you live in a world

where you do not have to hide

or be scared just because you are women.

I am sorry

that I cannot stay with you to keep that promise.

We are only saying goodbye for a short moment.

We can always meet again and create a better world.

Yes.

I am sure someone will make that happen one day.

Do not lose hope.

Please stay alive until the very end.

We will.

I hope we meet again, Madam Chun.

You must go now.

Go.

Go on.

I took all the kisaengs to the government office.

Okay.

They are all beautiful and talented.

So they will do well wherever they go.

Lady Kim...

I mean, that man...

-What happened to-- -He is resting in Songchugol.

He is...

severely wounded.

I am furious that he fooled us by pretending to be a woman,

but had he not risk his life to save the village--

He must have grown on you.

I have never seen you take anyone's side like this.

-No, it is just that-- -At this point,

I no longer have the power to do anything to anyone.

Where are you planning to go?

I will do whatever I can until the very end.

I will go to Hanyang and meet Lord Heo.

So you should hurry up and go with the others.

I swore

to always be by your side.

Wait here. I will bring a horse.

I do not know where the surviving widows went.

And he could have killed me last night.

But he told me he will let me go as a warning.

Prince Neungyang, that little...

His Majesty will soon hear about the widow village.

So please hold your anger for now.

You should go get some rest.

Yes, my lord.

Why did you try to kill my family?

Who am I?

He might be

our new solution to the problem.

It will be useless to keep running away.

Just jump off the cliff.

Then we will say you killed yourself to keep your chastity.

Why did you look down the cliff?

Your life is what you should protect, not your chastity.

Come with me. And keep your chin up.

Who was that?

-Catch him! -Yes, master!

This way.

Madam Chun.

I did not want her to have a lonely funeral,

so I called you here despite your bad condition.

Was it the bandits' doing?

How... How could she just die like this?

Madam Chun!

Whoever it was,

I will find and kill him

at all costs.

I thought you left.

I had a dream

-where you left me all alone-- -What a silly dream.

I am not going anywhere, so get some more sleep.

No.

You should not be moving yet.

You punk.

What in the world...

-Where is Dong-ju? -What?

Well, the thing is...

My gosh.

You really should not be moving.

That punk.

You have been coming out here for days. You are not well yet.

She will not come back. She was determined to leave.

I am not waiting for her.

I just wanted to get some fresh air.

It looks like you are crying.

It is because the air is cold.

It is always hard to get over your first love.

How could she leave without a word?

She said she was worried I might have died.

But she just left.

By the way, about Madam Chun...

What about her?

While she was running away,

she got attacked.

My goodness.

She was properly buried.

The vice-curator asked me to keep it a secret until you got better.

Are you okay?

I need to go.

Yes, it is cold. Let us go back.

-Hanyang. -What? "Hanyang"?

You still need to rest.

There is something I have not told her yet.

My goodness.

I am going to leave.

What are you talking about?

You did not sleep properly for the past couple of days.

I need to leave.

That is why

I am staying by his side until I do.

I will see him as much as I want

and stay right next to him.

Nok-du will not know.

I will be gone soon.

You are going to leave him

when he is lying sick in bed?

I will not be able to leave

once he wakes up.

My goodness.

Please do not tell him

that I had a hard time leaving.

Just tell him

that I left without hesitation.

My gosh.

Is he hurt because he does not know?

Will it hurt him even more if I tell him?

They are gone?

You could not find those bandits who attacked the village.

You could not find any survivors.

Then the witness I had ordered you to bring got killed.

But you could not even find who killed her?

What do you know?

What can you do?

Tell me! What am I supposed to do?

Well...

The thing is, the madam who got killed was at Lord Heo's place

the day the village was attacked.

Was it Yun again?

Have you still not heard about Dong-ju?

No, but I am doing my best to find her.

You must find her no matter what.

If she refuses to follow you,

do what you can to make her listen.

And if he happens to be with her, just kill him.

Okay, my lord.

She is so good at this.

Her brushstrokes already feel different.

How much is this?

You can have it for just one nyang.

Really?

But how will you make a living if you sell things at such a low price?

Well...

I could use a little bit of help from you ladies.

By any chance, would there be a job for me in the palace?

What?

Until when do you plan to follow us?

He is right. You offered to come with us to Hanyang.

But you can go now.

Do you have a place to stay?

We will find a place.

You may leave now.

Why is he

still looking at you with such affection in his eyes?

What?

I know, right?

He even sat right next to you last night while you were asleep.

"No.

It cannot be true."

-He kept saying that. -That is nonsense.

He knows I am a man now.

What do you want?

So you want to help us settle in Hanyang?

What?

Do you think I am doing this for you?

Not at all.

It is because I am worried

about this old man and his young daughter.

Right? We are pretty close now. Do you not agree?

I think of you as my family.

From now on, I will think of you as my brother.

Okay.

That would be too much.

You may be interrogated

for what happened in the widow village.

Well...

I am ready to face anything.

You think I am scared of punishment?

A true man should not be afraid if that is what he deserves.

Anyway, Hanyang is no easy place to live in.

I am worried newbies like you might get into trouble.

I mean, I am not exactly worried.

But just do as I say.

I will make you pay for everything including the interest.

Now, let us go.

-Go where? -To get you a place to live.

Actually, never mind.

Your clothes are so tacky. Let us get you some nice clothes first.

Are you not done yet?

This is so nice and slippery. Even a fly would slip on this.

I am getting tired of waiting.

You are still very beautiful.

-Beautiful. -What?

I mean, your overall appearance.

It means you finally look like a person who lives in Hanyang.

But not quite enough.

But is it okay for you to spend so much--

I am great in many ways,

but I am especially very rich. I have a lot of money.

-So do not worry. -Is that so?

My goodness. You have such a homely face.

So I had no idea.

But I do not need to wear

something so fancy.

You are now my cousin who left Hanyang a very long time ago.

You moved to the countryside

before you turned ten because you were not very healthy.

And after that, we both lost touch.

Let us say you finally came back.

What do you say?

You were hiding at the widow village disguised as a woman,

so I guess you cannot be honest about your identity.

Will this not be troubling you?

If it had not been for you people, I would have died at the widow village.

This is nothing compared to that.

From now on, your name is Yeon Su, a member of the Yeon family.

"Yeon Su."

Okay then. Let us get you a place to live.

That heartless...

Until when are you going to be on that swing?

-What did you say? -I have been waiting.

For the swing?

Yes.

You want to go on the swing?

I only just sat down.

Well then...

I will just wait a bit longer.

Something seems to be on your mind.

Yes, there is.

May I ask you what it is?

There is something I must find out

but do not wish to find out at the same time.

And I am scared I might actually find out.

The same thing worries me.

So are you going to run away?

No, I should go and face it.

By any chance,

have we ever met before?

I am not sure.

I hope we meet again.

If our fate allows it.

He seems oddly familiar.

I am here for the answer I did not get to hear last time.

Follow me.

-Father. -Nok-du.

Nok-du.

-Father. -Nok-du.

You must have gone through a lot.

Father.

What are you doing here?

Were you locked up here?

No, Yun is an old friend of mine.

He will no longer try to harm us, so do not worry.

"An old friend"?

Why did your friend try to kill us?

And why is he suddenly not going to harm us anymore?

By any chance,

am I...

Do not say anything. Do not ask anything.

I hated Mom so much.

She only cared about Hwang-tae no matter what I did.

Come with me. Let us find your brother and leave.

She always seemed so empty inside.

Then she passed away without even getting treated.

So how could you expect me not to ask any questions? How?

Who am I?

Who am I?

No, I should go and face it.

Am I...

His Majesty's...

son?

Whatever you were told is not true.

You are...

You are my son.

No one is going to tell me

the real truth, right?

You

nor your old friend.

-Nok-du. -I will come back.

Where are you going?

I am going to set things right.

And I am going to make sure

you and Hwang-tae can live honorably.

I hope you stay healthy.

Do not go, Nok-du.

-Nok-du, please. -Let me go!

Nok-du!

You cannot go anywhere.

I advise you to quietly follow me.

No.

How much does Nok-du know?

How much do you know?

Why do you think His Majesty

wanted to get rid of his son so badly 20 years ago?

Why do you think he even abandoned you, his friend?

INN

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

My goodness.

My gosh.

-You startled me, you punk. -Master.

I must enter the palace.

I must find out myself.

Were you the only one who survived that night?

I was the only one who was still alive that night.

Therefore, I was the only one

who survived that night.

If this turns out to be a lie,

I will find you

and kill you myself.

Keep an eye on both of them, and make sure they do not go anywhere.

Yes, Your Majesty.

You guys do not like the nest either, do you?

The one Dong-ju made was a lot more sturdy.

So what if she has good craftsmanship?

She has no sense of responsibility. That heartless...

Yes, of course.

These are very hard to get.

But I should keep my word since I made you a promise.

I heard you can have porcelain skin by washing your face with this.

Here. You ladies should try it.

Thank you.

If you are bribing us to get a job in the palace--

Yes, that is exactly what I am doing.

So can you please...

I should go.

No, wait. I can do anything you ask.

Thank you very much.

My gosh, those brats.

It will be faster to climb over the palace walls.

-Goodbye. -Goodbye.

Hello, my lord. How can I help you?

I am going to take the military service exam,

and I need a bow to practice with.

I also need different types of arrowheads.

Okay, my lord. Let me see.

This will be an adequate bow for practice.

And as for the arrowheads, there are bakdujeon, yukryangjeon--

By the way, do you remember the man who came here to buy magnetite?

He was short, petite, and had fair skin.

Magnetite?

Oh, the pretty-looking man?

Yes, that is right. Did he happen to visit recently?

No, that was the last time he came.

He comes here occasionally.

But he always came consistently, so I am sure he will come back soon.

There.

-There we go. -I think that will do

for today.

I will come back for the rest tomorrow and the day after.

What? Would that not be too bothersome?

Should we go on the swing?

What are you? A kid?

Why? What is wrong with that?

We just need to go before sunset.

Hey.

Did you rent the swing?

The kids are waiting.

Right.

I apologize.

Let us go on the swing!

He is kind yet indifferent.

My goodness, gracious.

Excuse me. I wish to buy some books for the military service exam.

Go around the corner.

It looks like fate has allowed us to meet again.

What brings you here?

I needed to clear my mind, but I figured you might be on the swing.

Are you preparing for the military service exam?

Yes.

I must enter the palace.

I figured I would do better with this than the civil service exam.

The palace?

Why must you enter?

I wish to meet His Majesty.

His Majesty?

I am guessing it is not for a good cause.

I need to meet him

in order to succeed. I want to be acknowledged by him.

What is your name?

My name is Su from the Yeon family.

Your grandfather used to be the Chief Royal Secretary.

Yes, that is correct.

Then I should give you something to wish you good luck.

Let us meet again at around 2 p.m. in five days.

What? Wait.

Are you dumb? You should have dried your feet first.

I am fine. Let us just go.

You will catch a cold if your feet are cold.

Do not try to put me through the trouble.

Do not try to put me through the trouble.

I do not even deserve to cry.

You told me you can do anything, right?

Pardon?

You want me to find a man?

I waited there every time I go outside,

but I never once saw him.

I know I belong to His Majesty.

But I just wish to talk to him a little.

I mean, he saved me from getting hurt.

So I wish to give him a token of thanks.

Right.

But this is... This is practically impossible.

I fired one of the assistants.

What does he look like?

He was wearing a beautiful pink robe

and a luxurious hat string that was made with amethysts.

He had a chiseled jawline.

And his skin was fairer than most women.

That is not all.

Those sparkling eyes.

His eyes were filled with so much sadness.

My gosh.

He does not even look human.

SPARKLING EYES, SHARP NOSE, FULL LIPS, SHARP JAWLINE

I can come out again in three days.

Tell him to meet me by the swing that night.

Of all the things she could have asked for...

He could be wearing a different robe.

But people rarely change their hat strings.

This is driving me crazy. She is coming out tonight.

I need to find him no matter what.

My lord!

My lord, wait.

May I help you?

Sparkling eyes. A chiseled jawline.

And he has pretty fair skin.

I think he might be the one.

And pink amethysts.

Are you done observing me?

I apologize.

By any chance, have you visited the nearby swing a few days ago?

Have I visited the nearby swing a few days ago?

Yes, I have.

Excuse me, my lord,

but can you wait by the swing at around 10 p.m. tonight?

A woman wishes to meet you.

Me?

Yes. She means no harm. She just wants to pay...

She just wishes to talk to you.

-With me? -Yes.

Can you please wait there?

Please show up at 10 p.m.

I will take that as a yes.

You promised, okay?

My goodness.

I am sorry I kept you waiting.

By the way, your robe...

Not only do we have a strong connection, but we must also have the same taste.

Here. Take this.

-What is this? -Taffy.

I hope you pass the exam.

Thank you, my lord.

I do not know how I am going to repay you.

Repay me by passing the exam.

And do not ignore me once you pass.

Of course.

You should go now. I am sure you are busy getting ready for the exam.

Okay.

How is Yun doing?

He is as quiet as a mouse.

And about Yeon Seok-jeong's grandson you asked me to look into...

I heard he was very weak.

And therefore, his entire family moved to the countryside.

And after a while, the family lost touch.

They lost touch?

Yes.

My gosh, I told you to take it easy.

Okay.

-What is that? -This?

They are bellflower roots. You asked for them.

They are everywhere on the island, but they are hard to get in Hanyang.

They remind me of your father.

He ate them around this time of year because of his cough. Remember?

But what do you need these for?

Who are you?

Quietly follow me.

Nok-du.

He is wearing a black robe and has a ripped sleeve.

-Go after him! -Yes, my lord!

He is coming.

My goodness. Are you serious?

You must be crazy.

No, but... My goodness.

I thought she wanted to meet me. Why did she just leave?

Pardon?

I think I was mistaken.

I do not think you are the man I was looking for.

Who were you looking for?

Well...

It is regarding a woman's affection toward a man.

So I cannot tell you anything in detail.

Anyway, I am truly sorry.

I should go now. I am sorry.

No, wait.

-My goodness. -Your Majesty.

An unknown man came to see Jung Yun-jeo but ended up running away.

-Did you see his face? -No, I did not.

But his sleeve got ripped, and Jung Yun-jeo called him "Nok-du."

-"Nok-du"? -Yes.

You must catch him no matter what.

-Catch him at all costs. -Yes, Your Majesty.

Over here!

A strange man ran over there.

-Hurry up and catch him. -Yes, my lord.

You...

-I should go. -No.

You cannot go.

I will try my best to lure them away.

-You should hide here. -No.

I will not let you leave.

Never again.

CERAMICS

Did you just say it was Chancellor Heo?

I will help you take revenge.

What do you think about dethroning His Majesty

and enthroning his son?

You came here on your own will, but that is not how can you leave.

People in Hanyang have no sense of morality.

She is mine.

She needs to pay me back first.

Are you going to run away again?

He just wants to keep her right next to him.

They are pretending to be awkward around each other.

You will be entering the palace?

Will you get to meet His Majesty?

Apparently, family members can visit.

You can see the King, you say?

Subtitle translation by Ja-won Lee